completely beside the point
but downstairs from my apartment the owners have a pond with fish.
one day my girlfriend referred to them as "kingyo", goldfish.
they were koi.
and one of them kept me company at about 2 a.m. last night when i was out on the balcony on the 14th floor drinking whisky, by splashing around in the pond.
recently, everyone here has koi flags up.
max,
your pun escaped me too by the way!